The Impact Of Catcalling

For many decades, women have experienced all forms of oppression and constant violence that threatened their existence in the male-dominated society. Various forms of discrimination and oppression have been directed to women for decades. Violence directed at women such as rape and battery were seen and treated as isolated scenarios. However, as the need to foster gender equality took pace, such oppressive actions are now perceived as elements of a wider system of dominance in the society that that needs to be addressed as a whole rather than in singularity

Studying Social Justice in college has made me more aware to the sexism that occurs in my community. In the latest neighborhood chisme (gossip) or the local Logan square newspaper, it is often reported that acts of gang violence or property crimes have occurred throughout the week. Never does one encounter any awareness of the sexism that occurs throughout the community, nor is it a topic anyone is willing to openly discuss. Sexism is the

Women have expectations. Society wants women to act appropriately. Women stereotypically do not speak their minds. Poet, Ana Castillo, uses her poem “Women Don’t Riot” to showcase her frustration towards women who continue to stay silent about harm brought onto them. For example, “raped, / beaten, / harassed, / … / won’t ever rise up in arms” (Castillo 26-32), displaying her frustration towards women who continuously listen to a society that says to stay quiet. Castillo develops anger towards the women who bow down to ridiculous expectations. She believes that if women stand united and fight together, society’s ignorance might fade, leading to a lower risk of sex crime. The world wants women to keep being afraid of

The sexual objectification of woman has led to led to a normalization of cat-calling. For most men cat-calling is about proving to other men your bravado, machismo, and virility. But unfortunately it's a terrible mating strategy. Most women never have sex with a man who started by cat-calling her as a stranger on the street. I think cat-calling for these types of men, is due to how little they understand about women as humans. In our culture porn is heavily normalized. As a result, men started to believe that women loved being called sluts or

As technology continues to evolve, our society has become toxic with the way that women are being taken advantage of online and in public. Women are being put in situations to decide whether they want to make a scene to stand up for themselves, or let their bodily autonomy be invaded. In the two articles, there are many examples of harassment and people need to understand that this behavior should not be acceptable. Society approves of these actions against women which is what lets it continue to be an issue today. In “The Quiet Violence of the Unwanted Kiss” and “Should We Feed the Trolls?”, Cauterucci and LaFrance are addressing this problem by working to raise awareness about the abuse women face in-person and on social media.

Bowman believes it is a grand issue that needs attention and help from the judiciary. Bowman gives her feminist perspective as she believes women are simply victimized by walking on the street. She gives examples of how men speak vulgarly to women and women have to put up with street harassment when alone. As men harass women they take away women’s freedom of privacy and make women believe they’re better off at home rather than out in public.

Donna Laframboise and Stevie Cameron have written two very different articles on the topic of gender. Laframboise argues that today’s society treats boys worse than girls. Cameron argues that the poor treatment of women and the relatively high risk of physical danger has shown no improvement from when she was growing up to now. Both Laframboise and Cameron’s articles discuss gender, and the implications that it can have on a person’s life. Cameron displays the strength of her article by exclusively arguing her own point. Laframboise opts to utilize and disprove other’s statements about girls as her proof. Negating other arguments is only an effective tactic when an opposition exists. Arguing ‘who has it worse?’ does not help anyone, and in fact can be detrimental in cases like this. Both articles have their own strengths and weaknesses, but Laframboise hinders her article by prioritizing denying female struggle over substance.

Every 98 seconds an American is sexual assaulted across America. 1 in 6 American women have been raped or an attempted rape. According to RAINN 4 in 10 women have had an abortion, while 1 in 8 maternal deaths are caused by unsafe abortion. Women’s rights are human rights, around the world women are being denied rights, here in America women don’t have equal pay, rights over their own bodies are in converse, in Africa and the middle east, girls and women are being stolen from their homes and from their schools. Women’s rights are an important topic because women’s rights are human rights, this should matter to all people because this issue is a social injustice all round the world, that has negatively affected women for years. Women should have the same rights as men because many women face systematic oppression, many women are despotism relation to their male counterparts, and the general population is unaware of the seriousness of the issues.

Anyway, since women have been treated as objects even till this present we should be able to more than to just be quiet and not do something. These women shouldn’t be able to put up with these kind of things

Catcalling is the act of whistling, shouting, or commenting at a woman passing by in a sexual nature. In October, 2014 a video named “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” was released addressing the issue of catcalling and it went viral. In this video, a woman filmed herself walking the streets of Manhattan, New York for ten hours, simply wearing a t-shirt and some jeans. In that 10 hours, she receives over 100 instances of verbal street harassment. This video truly shows what millions of women all around the world have to deal with every day. These men claim that what they’re saying are merely “compliments” but this behavior is anything but complimentary. By making these comments, they are suggesting an interest in sexual behaviors which is demeaning and objectifying to women, not at all flattering. Women do not appreciate this behavior, it feels frightening, perverse, and degrading. Catcalling is a form of sexual harassment that needs to

Daily Wire is a internet news site that has countless stories about feminists executing some crazy stunts because radical feminists are “looking for relevance; mostly because women today face no legislated institutionalized sexism—zero, zip, zilch, nada.” One of the crazy incidences feminists have created

Firstly, Women are less privileged in today 's society because of the overwhelming numbers of sexualy based crimes and harrasments. Women face harassment on a daily basis, even in the western society women are troubled with the fear of these humiliating and often violent forms of discrimination. Sexual harassment and violence is a vast topic because of the different forms in which it takes. but the most common forms consist of catcalling, unwanted sexual

Did you know woman are still discriminated against on a regular basis? Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Discrimination against women is mainly related to what they wear, job opportunities, benefits, pay, etc. It is important to examine discrimination against women because being discriminated against, being put down, and getting less than what one deserves do to being a woman puts a toll on them. It also makes it hard for woman to live because they know no matter what they do, say, or wear they will be discriminated just because of their sex.

"A woman should be barefoot, pregnant and chained to a stove," stated Ben Glantz, a high school senior. Drew Pershing, another senior, also shared a joke, "What does a woman do after she leaves a battered shelter? The dishes...if she knows what's good for her!" Daily jokes and comments such as these, no matter how harmless, are detrimental to the status of women and a dangerous undermining of their accomplishments. Shared by both genders, sexually discriminative comments are widely accepted in society as normal and harmless. "I didn't mean anything by that; I was just kidding," whimpered Ben Glantz after receiving several cold stares from young women who overheard his bashing, sexist comment.

c. Women are portrayed as dainty and vulnerable, and they are valued based on their appearance. Men, on the other hand, are supposed to be strong, and they are valued based on their masculinity. When we catcalled men, we switched gender role by being the aggressors. Men catcalling women is considered normal but when women do it they are aggressive and promiscuous.